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Auction archive: Lot number 21

A mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer and mercury Fahrenheit scale …

Auction 28.08.2014
28 Aug 2014
Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$835 - US$1,336
Price realised:
£750
ca. US$1,252
Auction archive: Lot number 21

A mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer and mercury Fahrenheit scale …

Auction 28.08.2014
28 Aug 2014
Estimate
£500 - £800
ca. US$835 - US$1,336
Price realised:
£750
ca. US$1,252
Beschreibung:

A mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer and mercury Fahrenheit scale thermometer The register bearing signature for James Gatty, London, late 18th century and later The boxwood edged case with open triangular pediment above hygrometer set behind convex glazed cast brass bezel over rectangular glazed door with curved lower angles enclosing conforming silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin bearing engraved signature James, Gatty, London, the trunk with further long rectangular glazed door enclosing mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer with brass cage protection to the bulb and wheatear engraved arched border enclosing delicate leafy scrolls to upper margin, the rounded base with ring-turned domed cistern cover and level adjustment screw to underside, 109cm (43ins) high. Condition report disclaimer

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
28 Aug 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A mahogany mercury stick barometer with hygrometer and mercury Fahrenheit scale thermometer The register bearing signature for James Gatty, London, late 18th century and later The boxwood edged case with open triangular pediment above hygrometer set behind convex glazed cast brass bezel over rectangular glazed door with curved lower angles enclosing conforming silvered vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches to the right hand margin opposing weather observations to the left, the upper margin bearing engraved signature James, Gatty, London, the trunk with further long rectangular glazed door enclosing mercury tube Fahrenheit scale thermometer with brass cage protection to the bulb and wheatear engraved arched border enclosing delicate leafy scrolls to upper margin, the rounded base with ring-turned domed cistern cover and level adjustment screw to underside, 109cm (43ins) high. Condition report disclaimer

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
28 Aug 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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